Party ends up in foul territory for Rowan baseball players

GLASSBORO A third of the roster of Rowan
University's baseball team will be watching the start
of the season from the bleachers as a result of violations
of the school's code of conduct for athletes.

Eleven of this year's Profs squad will miss a number of
games for an incident at an off-campus party two weeks ago
where a pitcher was stabbed by a Glassboro man.

"We have a code of conduct for athletics which states
if you want to play, these are the rules you have to live
by," university spokesman Joe Cardona said.

It all stems from underage drinking and the off-campus fight
Feb. 6.

A 20-year-old Deptford Road resident was charged with
aggravated assault and weapons charges for allegedly cutting
one of the team's pitchers during a scuffle at a party
at the Beau Rivage complex.

Police came upon the resident, Daniel Bruynell IV, after he
was allegedly involved in an altercation with a group at the
party, which he left with a bloodied mouth shortly after 3
a.m. Bruynell then told police that he had been assaulted by
a group of males, but declined to press charges.

"To the athletic department there's a whole
different barometer," Cardona said of the guidelines by
which student-athletes have to accord themselves. "If
you're caught in that situation, there can be some sort
of punishment."

Cardona said generally students don't have to sign
anything acknowledging their acceptance of a code of conduct
for student athletes. Instead, proper behavior is reviewed
and encouraged as a team throughout the season.

Two members of the pitching staff have been kicked off the
team since the beginning of the month. Cardona said the
roles of the two hurlers in the altercation were greater
than the infractions by their 11 suspended teammates.